Chapter 40: College Cup U19 Pokémon Contest

The barbecue stall was busy until one o'clock in the morning, when the flow of people gradually decreased. Taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer people, Xia Yu asked Zhao Ruoxuan, who had been learning all night, to learn how to grill barbecue. After all, Xia Yu did not have so much time to sell barbecue. Today he was just making a guest appearance. In his mind, being a trainer was the only way forward for him.

How much money can you make from setting up a stall in one night? Even if Xia Yu goes to the Fire Secret Realm to buy elf eggs and resell them, he can make hundreds of times more money than this.

"Have you calculated tonight's turnover?" Xia Yu asked.

"Well, the total is now 8632 yuan." Zhao Ruohan said with shining eyes: "The profit is about 70%, which is 6042.4 yuan."

Xia Yu thought for a moment and said, "According to our agreement, I'll take 1000%. This way I can give you a little more. You take 5000 and I take , is that okay?"

Xia Yu smiled and said that it didn't matter to him whether he took the five thousand or not. This amount of money was just a drop in the bucket for him. He just wanted to see what choice the Zhao brothers and sisters would make when faced with this money.

However, what surprised Xia Yu was that Zhao Ruohan directly counted out 5440 yuan and handed it to Xia Yu, leaving only the cost and % of the profit for herself: "We agreed on how much it is. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to make so much money."

Zhao Ruoxuan's eyes were almost red, but he did not stop his sister. No matter how poor you are, you can't lose the most basic integrity of being a human being, and he didn't want his sister to embarrass herself in front of her classmates. However, he secretly cursed his sister Zhao Ruoxuan in his heart, saying that she was stupid. People said that they only wanted 5440 yuan, but you gave them yuan.

"Oh? Are you sure?" Xia Yu said with a smile: "Your father is in urgent need of money, take it."

"No need." Zhao Ruohan gritted her teeth and said firmly, "It's whatever it should be."

"Okay, I'll take it. If you need money, you can tell me." Xia Yu said with a smile, and handed the money to the fat man: "Fatty, let's go. It's too late today. Zhao Ruohan, school starts tomorrow, see you at school."

"Yeah." Zhao Ruohan responded in a low voice.

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After Xia Yu and Fatty Wu walked away, Zhao Ruoxuan asked, "Who are these two people? They seem to be very rich."

"They are both my classmates, Xia Yu and Wu Yaozu." Zhao Ruohan whispered to her brother about Xia Yu and Wu Yaozu.

After listening to the introduction, Zhao Ruoxuan said while tidying up the tables and chairs: "I don't like that guy named Xia Yu. I can tell at first glance that he is not a good guy. Didn't you see him grilling here for several hours? How many women added his contact information?"

"He's a nice guy..."

"Bullshit, pack up and go back to sleep, you have to report at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning." The more Zhao Ruoxuan heard his sister defending Xia Yu, the more uncomfortable he felt. He always felt that the cabbage at home was eaten by a pig. Although this was a handsome and good pig, he still felt uncomfortable. The more he thought about it, the worse it tasted: "Sister, you should have less contact with Xia Yu in the future. He is just a rich second-generation, just playing around. You know Aunt Wu's daughter, she was also dating a rich second-generation at a young age, but she ended up getting pregnant. The man gave tens of thousands of yuan for an abortion and refused to even show his face. You should not have contact with him in the future."

"Brother, what are you thinking? Xia Yu has never been in a relationship. He is not the kind of person you think." Zhao Ruohan defended Xia Yu in a low voice.

"I don't care. Just don't get in touch with him. If you're going to rebel, I, as your brother, can't control you."

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It was already two o'clock in the morning when Xia Yu returned home. Naturally, he fell asleep immediately, and woke up at 6 o'clock in the morning with dark circles under his eyes.

Morning exercise.

The growth of Pokémon is not a one-day job. Only long-term training can tap the potential of Pokémon. No matter how sleepy he was, Xia Yu still insisted on getting up to assign training tasks to the Buzz Bat and the Forest Lizard, and only stopped after accompanying them in training for two hours.

This is a persistent process, and Xia Yu will not stop no matter the wind or rain.

Two hours later, Xia Yu was sweating all over. After taking a shower, he went back to bed for a nap. When Xia Yu woke up again, it was already 9:. Fatty Wu was already waiting for him downstairs. He quickly packed up and didn't even have time to eat breakfast. Xia Yu hurried out the door.

Compared with Xia Yu, Fatty Wu was in much better mental state. After all, he slept until 9 a.m. and satisfied his basic sleep time of 7 hours.

It was almost 9:50 when the two arrived at school, ten minutes before registration. The classroom was already almost full.

"Xia Yu. Fatty Wu."

"I'm a little late. Did you catch any new Pokémon during the summer vacation?"

"How did you spend your summer vacation? I'm almost suffocating."

The boys in the class greeted Xia Yu and Fatty Wu enthusiastically. Xia Yu responded with a smile and joked with his classmates.

Not long after, the head teacher, Lao Zhang, walked into the classroom. Lao Zhang was in his forties, with a bald head and a round face. He smiled very kindly and wore thick glasses on his nose, looking like an old pedant.

Although Lao Zhang looks unprepossessing, he actually has rich teaching experience. After simply calling the roll, the students immediately entered into the intense study life of senior high school.

Commenting on the test papers assigned during the summer vacation, reviewing the knowledge of the first and second year of high school, and doing exercises. The third year of high school is always the most tiring and difficult period, and Xia Yu is also studying hard to prepare for the college entrance examination.

The morning passed quickly. Influenced by the surrounding atmosphere, even people like Fatty Wu were immersed in their studies. It was not until the last class near noon that Lao Zhang came in.

"Quiet, students, let me tell you something that you are most concerned about." Old Zhang glanced at the students under the podium, then took a sip of tea leisurely before slowly speaking: "Regarding the special enrollment and bonus points, it should be the issue that everyone is most concerned about. This year's policy has been announced, and it is still the same as last year. The West Sichuan Province will hold the College Cup U19 Pokémon Competition in half a year, and only high school students who are no older than 19 years old are allowed to participate."

The College Cup U19 Pokémon Competition is an official competition organized to select real trainer talents. At the same time, for the sake of fairness, two restrictions are added: one is that students are in their third year of high school, and the other is that they must be under 19 years old. This is also to prevent some students who have repeated several years from participating in the competition.

The College Cup U19 Pokémon Competition is held on a provincial basis and is divided into preliminaries (open trials), the main competition and the finals. The preliminaries are jointly held by the Pokémon Association of each city and the local gym. The top four players in the preliminaries can participate in the provincial main competition, and the top two players in the provincial main competition will represent Xishu Province in the national finals.

The annual College Cup U19 Pokémon Competition is also a highly watched event across China. It not only concerns the future of many students, but more importantly, it has extremely high ratings since the main competition. It is loved by audiences across the country, and its ratings are consistently in the top three every year.

Especially when the competition reaches the final eight stage of the national finals, it is extremely popular. Talented trainers from all over the country gather together, and all kinds of Pokémon may appear, including quasi-god Pokémon.

Starting from the quarterfinals of the national finals, major events such as the gym leader rankings and the king rankings will basically be suspended to make way for the College Cup U19 Pokémon Competition.

Upon hearing the news, the students below began to whisper. This kind of competition actually has little to do with most people. After all, it is almost impossible for students from Xingguang City to compete with so many people from the whole province and get a good ranking, extra points, or even be admitted to university as one of the top students.

Generally speaking, Xingguang City can only produce a few students with extra points.

"First, there are the qualifiers in each city. Anyone who wants to sign up for our Starlight City qualifier can sign up here. Here is the registration form, come and get one if you want to sign up." Lao Zhang said, "The registration requirements are very simple. The only requirement is that you need to have two Pokémon that you have raised yourself and registered with the Pokémon Association. You are not allowed to use Pokémon provided by your parents. It is best to prepare three Pokémon, because once you enter the main competition, all matches will become 3V3."

Xia Yu was actually not indifferent to this kind of competition, but the option of extra points was too tempting. His grades were not enough to ensure he could get into his ideal university, but if there were extra points, his chances would increase immediately.

"Ding, the mission is triggered."

"【U19 Pokémon Contest in College Cup】"

"Mission description: Fight! Future dragon-type Pokémon masters! Young and famous, dressed in fine clothes and riding horses, true masters will emerge at a young age and embark on the path of being the strongest, so please participate in the College Cup U19 Pokémon Competition and at least reach the semi-finals of the preliminaries, enter the provincial competition stage, and sprint towards a higher ranking!"

"Mission requirements: Phase 1, reach the semi-finals of the qualifiers and participate in the provincial finals; Phase 2, reach the top two of the provincial finals and participate in the national finals; Phase 3, aspire to win the national championship."

“Task Rewards: Get rewards based on your final ranking (extremely generous)”

"Failure Penalty: None"